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Meat processors to use all-American hogs

October 2, 2008

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Effective April 2009, labels on pork and packaged meats from processor/marketer Smithfield Foods will state that the products were made only from hogs born and raised in the U.S. Smithfield will label fresh pork according to country of origin labeling (COOL) guidelines for retail as born, raised and processed in the U.S. This contrasts with manufacturers such as Tyson Foods, some of whose products will use COOL labels that list more than one country as possible points of origin.



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